Stambourne Essex Night Sky Time-lapse

[ixalon]

Hi all,

I've just finished (well, finished the first step) of moving house, from the outskirts of Edinburgh to the wilds of rural North Essex.

Priorities are of course astronomy related , so I temporarily set up my all-sky camera in the middle of the garden (no obsy roof to stick it on quite yet!)

I'm really impressed with the night sky - we're within 50 miles of London, but the sky is nice and dark to quite near the horizon. The Milky Way is easily visible which is a big improvement over my old skies.

Here's a time-lapse video of last night (each frame is a 30 second exposure), taken between the hours of nautical twilight.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/29218195@N00/8708498970/

Apologies for the noise, not had a chance to grab any darks yet.